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W. ORR, Jr. & G. F. WRIGHT. MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BOXES.

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W. ORR, J12 8: G. I. WRIGHT. MACHINE FOR MAKING PAPER BOXES.

No. 67,669. Patented Aug. 13, 1867.

UNITED STATES T- OFFICE;

WM. one, JB .,'AND eEo. r. WRIGHT, or CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT m MACHINES FOR MAKING PAPER Boxes.

, Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 67,669, dated Angust 13, 1867.

'To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLLAM ORR, Jr., and GEO. F. VIBIGHT, of Clinton, county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts,.have invented new and useful Improvements in Machinery for the Manufacture of Paper Boxes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The presen. invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in machines for cov ering boxes, of any suitable foundation, with paper; and consists, first, in the use of a novel and peculiarly-constructed box-holder, so arranged and operated as to hold the'box fir1nly,anc revolve while. the machine is in "motion; second, in'the use of a continuous roll of paper,of the proper width to cover the box,and a pasting device, over which the paper is dra 'n, also, a device to sever the paper whenit is wound around the box; third, in the use of a rotary brush, sustained and operated in a swinging frame, for the purpose of laying the paper on the bottom of the box.

There are also other improvements inv thedetail, construction, and arrangements of the present machine which will be hereinafter particularly described. A

In the accompanying plates of drawihgs, we have represented'our improvements, reference being had to the same in the following descriptions, of which Figure 1, Plate 1, is an upright front view; Fig. 2, a plan or top view; Fig. 3, Plate 2, an upright back view. Fig. 4 is a cross vertical section; Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8, detail views of the box-holder, hereinafter referred to.

a a represent an uprightstand, suppdrted on legs b 12," through which a hollow shaft, c, passes, having upon one end, and on the front of the machine, an expansive box-holder, d, or its equivalent, on which the box-frame, of pasteboard, or its equivalent, is placed to be covered with paper. This shaft has upon its other end the grooved pulley e, or its equivalent. f is a shaft passing through the stand a a in the same vertical plane as the shaft 0, having a grooved pulley, g,;or equivalent, in the same vertical lineas the grooved pulley e,

and on the opposite and front end a grooved pulley, h, and a crank, '21. In front of the stand a a is an upright shaft, j, supported at grooved pulley m. Fitted loosely upon the shaft I j is the swinging frame n,'having sup,- ported in it the shaft o, with a grooved pulley, p, on alevel with the pulley m, and at the lower part is the rotary brush g. On the back side of stand a a-, Fig. 3, Plate 2, is the upright shaft 1', supported in the step s and pro-mjectiou t. ()n the upper end'of the shaft is the crank u, wit-ha wrist-pin, '0, and a connecting-bar, w, spanning from the pin, v to the pin a in the swinging frame a. On the shaft r there is also a. segment-gear, y, and a rack with corresponding cogs 2 plays in the same and through the stand a a, as will be hereafter described. a a is atreadle, turning on a fulcrum at 6, attached to the stand a a, and extending under the same. It has attached to its inner endby a pivot joint (or many other manner suitable) a vertical rod, 0', extending upward,-and attached by a pivot-joint to the horizontal arm 6 ofthe triangular lever d, Fig. 4, supported by a pivot, z, in a projection, f, attached to the under side of the stand a a, and thevertical armh of samev passes through the horizontal lever 12 at 7'. One end of lever i is attached to stand a a by the projection k and pivot l. The other end is attached to the rack 2 by a simple mortise in the rack and tenon on the end of the lever. m 'is a peculiarshaped vertical lever, attached to the horizontal arm 0 of the lever d, and resting against the pin n in the projcc tion 0', attached to the back side of stand a a. pis avertical lever attached to the projection 0. by the pivot g, and resting against the upper and curved end of the lever m. The upper end of same is fitted in the groove 9' at one end of the rod .9, which rod passes through, the center of the hollow shaft 0, and has its opposite end beveled off on four sides, which acts as a wedge verticatly and horizon-, tally upon the four sides of the expansive boxholder d.

. Figs. 5,6, .7, and 8, are detail views of the box-holder d. Fig. 5 isa front view of the faceplate t without the expansive sections 1; o v 4), showing the slots in which the expansive sections slide.

Fig. 6 is a back view of face-plate, with the expansive sections 12: o o o upon it. Fig. 7 is a back view of one of the sections '0 'v '0' c. Fig. 8 is a vertical section of Fig. 7 through the dotted lines A B.

10 w are triangular pieces of metal attached to the projection x of the sections 12 c o n (see Fig. 8) by a screw, 3 y, whose head will overhang the slots u u in the face-plate, Fig. 5. z is an endless rubber cord, extending around on each of the triangular pieces 20 w w w to draw the sections '12- v v o toward the center. 1 is a segment, weighted at one side by the lead weight 2, Fig. l. Opposite the weight is a brush, 3, which extends beyond the segment 1. This segment is hung upon a lever, 4, which lever is made to swing upon the pivot 5, attached to the projection 6, Figs. 1 and 2, upon the standa a. 7 is a spring, one end being attached to thestand a a, and the other end bearing upon the lever 6. 8 is a wedge-shaped projection on the under side of the lever 6, Fig. 4. 9 is aspool, upon which a long strip of paper iswound, (represented by the blue dotted lines 10.) This spool is made to revolve upon the stud 11, at-

tached to the stand a a. 12 is a flanged guideroll made to revolve upon the stud 13. 14 is a paste-roll, made with, tine grooves cut in its surface, and revolves upon the stud 15. The lower part of this roll runs through thepaste in the trough 16. 17 is a flanged guide-roll,

made to revolve upon the s.ud 18. 19 is a pressure-roll, covered or made of rubber or any other elastic or metallic substance, and made to revolve upon the stud 20. 21 is a fluted metallic roll, upon which the roll 19 is made to press tightly. It has attached to its outer end a crank, 22, andrevolves upon the stud 23. 24 is the handle on one blade of the shears 25,which is attached to lower blade 26 by the rivet 27, and the whole attached to the frame a (6 by the screw 28.

llav'in g described the manner in which the devices comprising our machine are arranged, we will now proceed to describehow the same operate together.

Prcssin g down the outer end of the treadle a by the foot, or in any other manner, the opposite end being connected with the lever d bymeans of the rod 0, the arm e of the triangular lcver d is raised, and the upper end of the vertical arm h is thrown forward again st the wedge shaped projection 8 on the under side of lever 4, and lifts the brush 1 from the box-holder d. The same motion of the lever h, passing through the horizontal lever 43' at j, brings forward the lever i, and with it the rack z, which revolves the gear 3 and shaft 0', and crank n, which being connected to the swinging frame a by the connecting-rod w the frame is made to swing open and away from .;the'box-holdcr d. The raising of the arm c of the lever d raises also the curved-shaped lever m, which, by its peculiar shape, bearing against the pin a and the lever 19 to press forward the rod 8, is, by this upward motion, moved away from the lever 10', thus allowing the same to be pressed back by the force of the spring 29, attached at one end to the stand 0.

The lever 12 being connected with the rod s at r, the rod s is thrown back, and the four sections of the expansive box-holder are drawn toward the center by the elastic band 2. The box-frame of pasteboard or any suitable foundation is then placed upon the box-holder d. The coveringpaper to be wound and pasted upon the box-frame, being previously out to a suitable width and long enough to cover two or more boxes, and wound upon a spool, is placed upon the stud 11, the paper passing under the guide-roll 12 and over the paste-roll 14, which paste-roll passes through the box 16, containing the paste. A suflicient quantity of paste or glue is thus carried to the under side of the paper,'to prepare it .for winding upon the box-frame. The paper then passes under the guide-roll 17 and between the fluted metallic roll 21 (to which is attached the crank 22)and the pressure-roll 19. The attendant turns the crank 22, and the rolls 19 and 21, revolving upon the studs 20 and 23, draw the paper from the spool in the course just described, and it moves forward between the jaws of the shears 25 and 26 to the box-frame upon the box-holder d, and is laid upon the boxframe. The attendant then removes her foot from the treadlc a, and the outer end of the arm 6 of the lever d is pressed down by the force of the spring 30, attached atone end to the stand aby the screws 31 and.32, and the other end resting against the outer end of the arm 6, which process draws down the curved lcver m, which, bearing against the pin n and the lever 10, forces the rod 8 forward to expand the movable sections o o o c of the box-holder d in the inside of the box-frame'to hold it firmly. The same motion of ,the,

treadle also throws back the upper end of the vertical arm h of the lever d, thus allowing the brush and segment/1 and 3, attached to the arm 4, to bear upon the covering-paper as laid upon the box-frame upon the box-holder d, with its weighted partdown, the weight 2 being sufiicient to keep that part of the segment down only when revolved by the motion of the box-holder as it revolves.

The same motion of the treadle a and the triangular level" d carries back the lever t and rack z, and, revolving the gear y, causes the swinging frame a to come back to its original position. The attendant then turns the crank t, which revolves the pulleys h and g and the shaftf, which, by the use of the belt 33,'revolves.the box-holder d, upon which is the box-frame with the end of the paper attached, as before described, being held on firmly by the segment 1. The belt 34 around the pulleys k and l revolves the vertical shaft .jaud pulley m, which, by the use of the belt 35 and pulley p, the brush-wheel q and the shaft 0 are made to revolve. I

The covering-paper, being wider than the box-frame, it overhangs toward the front, and is doubled down toward the center of the box ontlie bottom of same-by the brushes 36 36 36 set in the brush-wheel q. As the box is revolved, the segment 1 rolls down the .covering-paper until the brush 3 comes in contact with the coverin g-paper, and the weighted side of the segment comes in contact with the pin 37. in the lever 4. The segment then remains in this position, and the brush drags on the paper to lay it closely to the box-frame.

frame to make onerev'olution, she then cuts the covering-paper by the use of the shears 24', or their equivalent, and the'rotary motion continued until the end thus made is wound upon the box. The attendant now puts her foot upon the trcadle a, and the segment 1 is raised, the swinging frame thrown open, and the expansive box-holder allowed to contract. The box is .now' easily removed, and another frame put in its place.

' From the above description it will be seen that much time will be saved by the use ofour machine, as one, two, or more strips of paper ma be pasted and wound upon the boxd'ramqand laid over upon the bottom of the same, also severed from the roll, all at the same'time. IIeretofore the paper has been obtained only in sheets for covering pa p'cr boxes. We are having'it finished so that we can cut itinto 101i g rolls of proper widths to cover the boxes, and attach these rolls to our machine, thus saving much time and waste over the oldsysten].

These and the other advantages of our machine we have endeavored to make apparent, and they apply not only to machines for making round boxes, but any regular shape, as

square or six or eight sided. (See, Fig. 9, a plan of adjusting a brush-segment for square boxes.) The. brush-segment is attached to a sliding bar, 40, which moves up or down to accommodate any difference there may be in the size of the box, or to allow the brush-segment to travel" over the corners'of the box. Pressure is given to the segment by means of a weight, 41, or its equivalent.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The expansive holder (1, made of two or I more adjustabie sections, in the manner and When the attendant has caused'the box for the purpose specified, for round, square, or any other shaped box.

2. The combination of treadle c, levers d, m, '5, and 12, rack. z, and gear 3;, when used in connection with the expansive holder d, in the manner and for the purpose specified.

3. The swinging frame n, when used in the manner and for the purpose specified.

4. The revolving brush q, or its equivalent, when used in the manner and for the purpose specified.

5. The pressure-roller 19 and 21, when used in the manner and for the purpose specified.

6. The segment-brush 1, when used'in the manner and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination of the treadle a, the triangular lever d, the levers an, p, and 'i', the rack z, and pinion y, and swinging frame n, the revolving brush q, expansive holder (1,. segment-brush 1, the continuous strip of paper 10, guide-rolls 12 and 17 paste-roll 14, and rolls 19 and 21, shears 25 and 26, arranged and constructed as herein described, and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

WILLIAM ORR, JR.

' Witnesses C. F. W. PARKHURST, A. W. Gonmnn.

GEORGE F. WRIGHT. 

